Automobile headlight



AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT Filed May 20, 1924 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1925. r

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L; BLOOMINGDALE, or DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT.

Application filed May 20, 1924. Serial No. 714,700.

To all whom it may concern: associated with the electric bulb 6. A Be it known that 1, ROBERT L. BLOOMING- movable reflector 7 is mounted on a shaft 8 DALE, a citizen of the-United States, residing and properly positioned above reflector 5 as at Decatur, in the county 'of Macon and to properly reflect the light rays through 5 State of Illinois, have invented new and uselens 2. The shaft 8 has an arm 9 connected ful Improvements in Automobile Headby a link 10 to the shade 4. Shaft 8 has a lights, of whichthe following is a specificasecond arm 11 connected to a'controlling rod tion. 12 that extends to the front-seat of the au- This invention relates to an automobile tomobile. 1 headlight and has for its primary object the From the fore-going description taken in construction of a headlight the rays of light connection With the accompanying drawing, of which may be controlled from the seat it will be apparent that the operator by movof the automobile. An object of the invening rod 12 can change the position of retion is the construction of mechanism wherefiector 7 and shade 4 for controlling the light 5 15 by the direction of travel of light rays may ray passin through lens 2. Thus it will be be changed at will. seen that provide a headlight that will The feature of my invention is the commeet all the requirements of safe driving. bination of a movable shade acting in uni- It is, of course, to be understood that the son with means for controlling the direction exact construction of the various parts and 20 of travel of the light rays. the arrangement thereof may be changed at With the above and other objects in View will without departing from the spirit of the the invention consists in the novel features invention and therefore, I do not desire to of construction, the combination and arbe limited-in any manner except as set forth rangement of parts here and after more in the following Cl im. 25 fully set forth pointed out-in the claim and Having thus described my invention .What

shown in the accompanying drawing. I claim is Y Fig. 1 is a top plan View of my automo- An automobile headlight comprising a bile headlight construction. casing, a lens arranged in front of said cas- Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the headlight. ing, a stationary reflector at the bottom of 30 Fig. 3 is aside elevation. the casing, an electric bulb associated with Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the said reflector, a movable reflector positioned line 4-4 Fig. 2. Within the casing above the lens, a movable- Again referring to the drawing illustratshade hinged to" the exterior of the casing ing one embodiment of my invention the nuabove the lens, a shaft to which said movable 85 meral l designates a casing having a lens 2 reflector is adjustably attached, a link conin its front wall. 'In this particular connection between said .shade and shaft, an struction a door 3 forms the front Wall of arm projecting from the shaft and a control the casing. Hinged to the door 3 is a shade rod connecting said arm for simultaneously 4 associated with thelens 2 so as to control operating said movable reflector and shade.

the light effect of the lens. Arranged in the In tBStlIllOnfiWhBIGOf I aflix my signature. bottom of the casing is a stationary reflector ROBE T L. BLOOMINGDALE. 

